Sony DSLR "Picture of the day"

[Elisha]

messed with the Topaz plugin in CS3 and out came this monster:



Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm...
Exposure Time: 0.050 s (1/20)
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO Equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: spot
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

[sparkie1263]

What effect did you use? It looksgood.

Frank

[Elisha]

What effect did you use? It looksgood.

Frank

honestly, i can't say. it was one of the drop down presets in Topaz. i'll have to fire up my XP pc and take a look when i am free. don't have the topaz plugin on my Vista partition machine or my Mac.

[Peekayoh]

Very nice image. Is it a fox hunt?

Frank

No hunt. Just giving the hounds a run out.

[Peekayoh]

I tried to darken the sky and building and I removed the shoreline.
Frank

It's certainly "cleaner" without the shoreline but it's too dark now and detail is gone.
You need to use layer masks to selectively change areas of the image.
Remind me of the software you are using.

[sparkie1263]

I am using cs4. I never used layer masks yet. I guess I will do a search and read up on how to use them. I am trying to master one part of the program at a time. I use the word master very loosely. The only part I have mastered so far is running it.LOL

Thanks
Frank

[dr4gon]

messed with the Topaz plugin in CS3 and out came this monster:



Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm...
Exposure Time: 0.050 s (1/20)
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO Equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: spot
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

Beautiful shot Elisha!

[Peekayoh]

That's a corker, Elisha; really unusual.

[Peekayoh]

I am using cs4. I never used layer masks yet. I guess I will do a search and read up on how to use them. I am trying to master one part of the program at a time. I use the word master very loosely. The only part I have mastered so far is running it.LOL

Thanks
Frank

Frank, tomorrow I'll try my hand at a short tutorial to show you how to darken the sky using layers.

[sparkie1263]

Thanks Peek. I never tried layers yet. I do open a new layer before I start my editing so I can delete it if I don't like it.

Frank